Call for Research Tracks at ESWC 2019

As Research Track Chairs of ESWC 2019, we are trying to set up a new format this year and we want the Semantic Web Community to be part on the research tracks selection, definition, and organisation for the conference.

Research tracks should comprise subfields of Semantic Web that are of interest to the community, and that can attract significant works. This may include well established subfields as well as novel research subfields that have have been underrepresented so far. Based on previous years submissions, this year we are setting up five research tracks that reflect some of the main research areas of the Semantic Web and its intersection with other scientific disciplines: (see call for papers for more details)

Track Chairs aka Senior Program Committee members play an essential role in maintaining the overall quality of the technical program, by direct involvement in the review process and making recommendations regarding paper decisions. SPC members will work closely with the Research Track Chairs to compile a strong technical program for ESWC 2019. As an SPC member, you will be responsible for providing oversight for the reviews of the papers submitted to your track. Please note that your meta-reviews will be open (i.e., they will be made publicly available) and transparent (your name will be associated to the meta-reviews). PC member reviews will also be made publicly available but they could opt for maintaining their anonymity.

Schedule

Please look at the schedule below and make sure that you can make time for this important work:

Dec 10th – Jan 13th: Oversee the reviewing process for your papers. Read the reviews to ensure that they are constructive and give adequate justification for recommendations and claims, and when necessary ask the reviewers to refine their review. If there is a clear difference of opinion, initiate a discussion of the paper, and read the paper yourself if you suspect the reviews not to be correct.

Jan 14th – Jan 20th: Help us to identify possible emergency reviewers for papers that have fewer than three complete reviews

Jan 21st – 25th: Rebuttal period. Read the authors’ rebuttals and encourage the reviewers to discuss specific points. Ensure that the rebuttal is addressed in the reviews.

February 6th: meta-reviews in.

February 11th-12th: SPC telecon. In order to maximize the possibility of everyone from the international SPC participating, this telecon will be held throughout the two days.

Extended Semantic Web Conference ESWC

The ESWC is a major venue for discussing the latest scientific results and technology innovations around semantic technologies. Building on its past success, ESWC is seeking to broaden its focus to span other relevant related research areas in which Web semantics plays an important role.